Why 'Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?'

Specific purpose: At the end of my speech, the audience will know Eleanor Roosevelt background and her greatest accomplishment, also about the Declaration of human rights and both their impact on the world.

Eleanor was born on October 11th, 1884. She was the oldest of three children. Her father was wealthy and never held a professional position, though he was listed as a partner in a real estate firm, and he had a brief assignment in mine development. He was also an alcoholic and was assigned for treatment several times during Eleanor’s childhood. She was a shy and serious child, and felt very self-conscious about her looks.

The book explains Rosa Park’s life. The book explains that Rosa was brave because when the Klu Klux Klan were active Rosa and her Grandfather would sit down by the fireplace. Rosa’s grandfather would have a gun right by him, but the KKK never came. Another event that made Rosa brave was when Rosa lead the Bus Boycott

Eleanor Roosevelt was a woman of elegance. She never showed a sign of weakness and always cared for the people in need. Many people believed she was a mother to all. When speaking with soldiers, she always had something different and humble to say.

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biographical novel delves deep into the personal lives of the Roosevelts. From their meetings with world leaders to problems in their marriage concerning infidelity, nothing is left unsaid. The historical novel starts with Roosevelt sitting in his bedroom, contemplating the end of the phony war that occurred before the official beginning of World War II. The novel continues with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s attempts to aid overseas Allies while trying to prepare his own country for war and Eleanor Roosevelt’s struggle for equal rights. The book finishes with the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death in 1945 and the end of World War II. Analysis of the biography shows a theme of how far the Roosevelts would go to

J. William T. Youngs's Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life is a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. This book depicts not only success as First Lady but also how Eleanor Roosevelt’s life changed as history progressed between the late 17th to 18th century.

The basic principles that Franklin and Eleanor discuss the way of the world now and how we as a people can find happiness. They said that everyone should have justice regardless of race, creed, or color. It will be hard to get happiness with war and famine in the world.

He struggles with dealing with his family’s disapproval of Eleanor and his feelings that her father loves his brother more than he loves him. He feels guilty for judging Eleanor on her looks when he first meets her, and for caring about how Eleanor’s unpopularity rubs off on him. “There were moments,” Park states, “when Eleanor made him feel self-conscious, when he saw people talking and he was sure they were talking about them… and in those moments, [he] thought about pulling back from her.” (Rowell 91) Eleanor, on the other hand, struggles to survive in her terrible domestic situation. Her stepfather abuses her mother, and Eleanor and her siblings are left to fend for themselves.

Eleanor reminds me of the Britney Spears song Toxic for many reasons. In the song Toxic it says, “I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic? And I love what you do, don't you know that you're toxic?(Spears). This is a good song for Eleanor because she is toxic and uses her body to seduce tom and manipulate people. Toxic is a good song to describe her because she truly is a toxic person influencing Tom’s decisions and making people like her in the

This scrapbook biography will give readers a personal look into the life of Eleanor Roosevelt from the time of her birth to her death leaving readers with a better understanding of her as a person and as the First Lady.

Every single piece of literature connects, in some way, to the past. Throughout time we have seen a handful of different literary movements. Even while reading pieces of modern literature, we are able to relate them to these movements that happened hundreds of years ago. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, is an example of one of these books. The entire novel is filled with traits that reflect the both the Modernist literary movement, as well as the Realism movement.

In Eleanor and Park, the perspective of the characters alters constantly from one to the other throughout the book, giving the reader a look into how the characters react to their surroundings. The author’s choice of including an interchanging narrative impacts how the reader relates to the characters. When Park first encounters Eleanor on the bus, his reaction gives the reader insight on how he feels about Eleanor. Park comments that “nobody would look at her… it was kind of a train wreck/eclipse situation”(Rowell 11), giving us a sense that he didn’t think highly of Eleanor in their first encounter. By giving the reader a perspective inside the character’s minds, it allows us, as the audience, to experience the

Eleanor & Park relates to high school life for readers. Many students have to join new schools and find it difficult to fit in. Eleanor has just moved to a new school because she is moving in with her terrible step-dad. She has nowhere to sit on the bus and no one to sit with at lunch. She has no clue where her classes are at. One of the hardest things about high school is dealing with bullies. Eleanor

While reading the novel, Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, I have showed that I relate largely to one of the main characters, Eleanor. We gain a lousy living situation, flourishing love life, and we are still functioning. Eleanor is not satisfied with her home life, and nor have I. Coping with men mistreating our family and us. Woken up to a fight in the middle of the night and hearing our mothers sob. Both having to make sure that our siblings are all right before seeing if we are. Since Eleanor shares a room with her younger siblings, she often had to climb down from her bunk bed and gather them all in her arms. Desirous that everything would be okay when she knew that would not be for a while. In the novel, Eleanor does not want Park over or

Eleanor and Park is a teenage romance novel that revolves around two grade ten students named Eleanor Douglas and Park Sheridan. Eleanor moves to Omaha, Nebraska and has a hard time finding her spot in this new town. She comes from a very poor family of seven with younger siblings Ben, Maisie, Mouse, Richie jr, her mother Sabrina and the evil and abusive stepfather Richie. Eleanor has a hard time fitting in at school since she's overweight, has big red curly hair, wears the same two oversized men outfits everyday and is just overall a quirky person. On the other hand Park has been living in Omaha his full life and a wealthy family of four. He is a geeky Asian-American and is an outsider among his schoolmates. These two starcrossed lovers go through good and bad times throughout their story and represent real life scenarios that people face day on day.